Friday, February 22

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Feb 22, 2008 12:00 am

Friday, February 22

WASHINGTONâS BIRTHDAY

Monday, February 25

Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Board of Fire Commissioners, 7 pm, Sandy Hook Firehouse, 18-20 Riverside Road.

Tuesday, February 26

âRestoring and Renovating Existing Gardens,â 1 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by NY Botanical Gardens instructor Cathy Beauregard will be hosted and sponsored by The Garden Club of Newtown; 270-1108.

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Public Building and Site Commission, 6:30 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

âDare To Discuss Drugs III: The Recent Facts,â 7â9 pm, Newtown Middle School, Queen Street, free public forum and panel discussion sponsored by The Parent Connection will address recent information regarding alcohol and drug use in Newtown and surrounding areas, panel to be led by substance abuse expert Elizabeth Driscoll-Jorgensen; 426-9280, 994-5394.

Wednesday, February 27

Watercolor demo by Adele Moros, 1:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House (lower level), 31 Main Street, free, Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will host presentation by multitalented artist; 426-6654.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Newtown Middle School auditorium, 11 Queen Street, public hearing on the proposed 2008-09 budget.

Thursday, February 28

Cultural Arts Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Friday, February 29

St Rose Friday Night Fish Fry, 5â8 pm, Saint Rose Parish Hall, 46 Church Hill Road, dinner $10 adults, $5 children, $30 max/family (eat-in only), dinner of fresh fried fish, fries, coleslaw and soft drinks, all welcome, also being offered March 7; 270-3314.

Saturday, March 1

Newtown Historical Society Annual Antiques Show & Sale, 10 amâ4 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, admission $7, diverse collection of merchandise offered by returning and new dealers, presented by and main fundraiser for historical society; 426-5937.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5â7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45â10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-9998.

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How do you propose tapping the brakes, Dave? 8-30g already trumps any local regulations- you don't have a brake pedal to push. Brookfield, Trumbull and now Ridgefield have a clear case for a moratorium based on the development (thanks to 8-30g) that has already occurred. I don't see a clear case for Newtown to request a moratorium... yet.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Nobody is suggesting shutting the doors on new neighbors. What neighboring towns are doing, and what we should be doing too, is to tap the brakes on all of the multi-family residential development proposals so that we can spend 6 months updating our regulations such that if you want to build dense residential housing here, XX percent of it needs to be affordable (we will never make any headway on increasing our percentage of affordable housing otherwise, short of 8-30g), and the rest needs to be done in as low an impact manner as possible. Low impact on traffic, health & safety, the environment and on the cost of town services.

Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

P&Z Should Reject Vessel Proposal

The town should certainly measure its performance against the statewide strategies. Unless I missed it I only know of one small cluster of homes that would meet the affordable housing program. Given the 500 or so new units being added in the last 10 years I think that 4/500 would not meet the metric to allow for a moratorium. I mean, fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle but I suspect we will see a few 8-30's sent our way in a method to avoid the Nimby mob. Thanks, Nimby mob.

Discusses Affordable Housing

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